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BBC Chartering to welcome two F500s

Multipurpose shipping line BBC Chartering is adding two F500-type heavy lift vessels to its fleet – BBC Philippines and BBC Odesa.    Both vessels will be delivered to Briese Schiffahrts and will enter a long-term charter with BBC …
Oct 4, 2023 / Vessels

AAL Transport Juice Tanks From China To Europe

AAL has recently transported eight giant juice tanks safely on a single sailing from Taicang Port in China to Setúbal in Portugal, 50 kilometres south of Lisbon.  Carried on its 31,000 deadweight mega-size A-Class heavy lift vessel, AAL Kobe, …
May 29, 2023 / Curious

Jan de Nul's Les Alizés Leaves Shipyard in China

Jan de Nul floating heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has left the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China and is currently heading for Europe. The vessel has been delivered by the shipyard on 16 January and has departed Thursday morning (Jan19). Les Alizés is …
Jan 20, 2023 / Vessels

AAL Successfully Delivered a Series of 5 Project Cargo Shipments from China to Eastern Australia for a Major Brownfields Coal Project in Mackay, Queensland

AAL Shipping’s (AAL) longstanding ‘Asia to Australia East & West Coast Liner Services’ successfully delivered a series of five project cargo shipments from China to Eastern Australia for a major brownfields coal project in Mackay, Queensland). …
Jul 20, 2022 / Curious

COSCO Shipping Specialized will build a 65,000DWT semi-submersible heavy lift vessel

On July 12, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers signed a shipbuilding contract to build a 65,000DWT semi-submersible heavy lift vessel with Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited of CSSC. Equipped with the world's advanced dynamic …
Jul 14, 2022 / Vessels

PACIFIC TITAN - a 62,000 DWT multi-purpose heavy lift vessel delivered at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu)

On June 29, 2022, PACIFIC TITAN, a 62,000 DWT multi-purpose heavy lift vessel, was delivered successfully 73 days ahead of time at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. Its plan approval and survey were fulfilled by China Classification …
Jul 13, 2022 / Vessels

CSSC Chengxi delivers the world's largest multi-purpose heavy lift vessel

The ship is the third of the four 62,000-dwt multi-purpose heavy lift vessels ordered by Chipolbrok in CSSC Chengxi Shipyard, and is currently the largest multi-purpose heavy lift vessel in the world."PILECKI" has a total length of 199.90 meters, a …
Apr 21, 2022 / Vessels

CSSC Chengxi delivers world's largest multi-purpose heavy lift vessel to Chipolbrok

On February 18, the christening and delivery ceremony of the second new ship "HERBERT" of the four 62,000 dwt multi-purpose heavy lift vessels ordered by Chipolbrok (Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company) was held at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard. This …
Mar 2, 2022 / Vessels

Jumbo Shipping and SAL Heavy Lift launch Jumbo-SAL-Alliance

Joint venture creates a new commercial heavy weight in project and breakbulk shipping with a fleet of 30 advanced heavy lift vesselsWednesday (Apr15), the heavy-lift industry sees a new and powerful constellation unfold. Jumbo Shipping, the Dutch …
Apr 15, 2021 / Curious

Flat-deck heavy lift vessel Enough Talk transports FPSO kit

Finland-based Rauma Cata has deployed its flat-deck heavy lift vessel Enough Talk to transport gas turbine equipment from Italy to Norway on behalf of Kuehne + Nagel.Manufactured by BHGE, the equipment is destined for Equinor’s Johan Castberg …
Mar 11, 2021 / Vessels